Whitesburg, KY

PDF of print edition      NEW ATTRACTION - Fishpond Lake at Payne Gap now has a dock where people can fish and keep a boat overnight. The multipurpose dock, which cost $37,500, was partially funded with a $20,000 grant through the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife. Neither swimming nor feeding ducks is allowed from t... More ... Neon citizens are asked not to hoard water By WILLIAM FARLEY       Facing a water shortage that is already at the critical level, the City of Fleming-Neon is calling on residents not to make things worse by "hoarding water." Carlos Phillips, superintendent of the city's water department, told the Fleming-Neon City Council Monday night he couldn't guarantee how l... More ... Drought still on       At least 17 to 20 inches of rainfall during the next three months is needed to help eastern Kentucky pull out of the current drought, according to officials at the National Weather Service in Jackson. Letcher County is 15. More ... Letcher has state's second-worst rate for injuries in ATV accidents By SALLY BARTO       Forty-three Letcher County residents were injured in all-terrain vehicle accidents between 2001 and 2005 - the secondhighest rate in Kentucky. have them," Kentucky State Police Trooper Tony Watts said of the vehicles. "We have mountain terrain which makes them more dangerous when they ride them... More ... 250-pound bear dies after running into side of a car       A 250-pound black bear was killed near Jenkins last week, apparently after it ran into the side of a car traveling on U.S. 23. The bear, a male, was killed about 6:30 p.m. on December 6, said Frank Campbell, an officer with the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources. More ...